by: countrycat
Fri Sep 11, 2009
Cowgirl Kay Ivey is at it again. Her delusions of support from Alabama PACT parents and students were on full display last May:But now, we find in this news item (titled “PACT ‘Going Fine’ State Treasurer Says“) from the Shelby County Reporter that she’s decided the rewrite the history of [...]
By Neal Wagner | Shelby County Reporter
September 11, 2009
A 2010 Democratic candidate for the Alabama treasurer’s position this week charged current Treasurer Kay Ivey with seeking to mislead Shelby County residents about the financial stability of the state’s Prepaid Affordable College Tuition program.
Jeremy Sherer, an Oneonta resident and the only current Democratic candidate for the position, accused [...]
As a Democratic candidate for state treasurer, I was pleased to read the Press-Register’s Sept. 4 editorial, “Don’t raid the state’s only savings account,” regarding the Alabama Trust Fund.
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Left In Alabama
by: countrycat
Tue Sep 01, 2009 at 15:30:00 PM CDT
One Alabama state treasurer, Kay Ivey, helped break PACT. One Alabama Democrtic candidate for Treasurer, Jeremy Sherer, is working on solutions to fix Alabama’s Affordable Prepaid College Tuition program.
In an open letter to PACT contract holders, he discussing the following issues and possible solutions:
The State of Alabama must reassure [...]
Our first action must be to give each PACT family the state’s guarantee that their contract will be honored. Then, there must be a cooperative effort among state leaders to develop a financial solution.
by: countrycat
Fri Aug 21, 2009 at 15:23:02 PM CDT
Cowgirl Kay Ivey should have bought her six-gun to Wednesday’s meeting of Save Alabama Pact.
After the PACT board declined to discuss the RSA study of the PACT trust fund’s financial situation at Wednesday’s meeting, Ivey attended the “meeting after the meeting” with worried PACT contract holders.
Ivey [...]
Jeremy Sherer, candidate for Treasurer, has been following the PACT issue closely and meeting with PACT parents all across the state and supporting their efforts to get information and resolution. Yesterday, he issued a statement criticizing Governor Riley’s unusual decision to delay the report’s release:
Jeremy Sherer, Democratic candidate for Alabama State Treasurer, called for Governor Bob Riley to publicly release the Retirement Systems of Alabama’s (RSA) study on the financial viability of Alabama’s Prepaid Affordable College Tuition Program (PACT).
The state can likely save the limping Prepaid Affordable College Tuition program, a high-ranking state investment official said Monday.
